Candice Miller Wants To Remove Wolf Protections

FILE - In this Feb. 10, 2006, file photo provided by Michigan Technological University, a gray wolf is shown on Isle Royale National Park in northern Michigan. An advance copy of a wolf-tracking report obtained by AP shows the number of gray wolves at Isle Royale National Park is down to 16, the lowest number since the late 1990s, and there may be only one or two females left. (AP Photo/Michigan Technological University, John Vucetich)

TRAVERSE CITY (AP) – A member of Congress is proposing legislation to remove federal protections of gray wolves across the lower 48 states.

Michigan Republican Candice Miller introduced the bill this week. It would turn over management of gray wolves to state wildlife agencies everywhere outside Alaska where they’re known to exist, including the western Great Lakes, the northern Rockies, the Pacific northwest and the southwest.

The Obama administration announced plans last week to drop about 5,500 wolves in the Great Lakes and northern Rockies from the endangered list, while reviewing the wolf’s status in other areas. Congress has already voted to lift protections from 1,300 wolves in the northern Rockies.

Howard…….must on visit the UP much…. People up there & at wits end. This animal is being forced upon the local people by runaway – anti-hunting environmentalist. WI MI & MN all had record depredation in 2010!